Listening from someone who already has experience on the topic makes sense. There are people who just have book knowledge and will teach or preach something which they haven’t experienced. A classic example would be make money online blogs from people who don’t make anything online.

Sharing your experiences inherently makes you (more of) an expert on the topic. It’s a very good teaching style, essentially giving yourself the social proof (through examples of your experiences), giving more credibility to what you are saying.

Its also a good way to cover your ass, because you never claim the results will work for others as they did for you!

I find that sharing one’s experience is far more better than actually explaining the details of what needs to be done. Reading one’s past experience and working my way from it is a great motivator for me. Shoemoney rocks! 🙂

Great theory — there are way too many “experts” who know nothing. Would prefer to share what I know — just starting to decide where I want to be and what I want to do when I grow up, but I know it will be based on what I’ve experienced.

I think every teacher do this impressive way talking every day. Most of teachers have book knowledge and will teach or preach something which they haven’t experienced. For these teachers i suggest to please forgot the students and make money to another way. Means join a hot money making blog like http://earnfreemoneytricks.blogspot.com/ join it and earn. Thanks.

You’re a great man Jeremy! I prefer to learn from experienced people who have really done the stuff before. that is why i’m trying to be updated with posts on different interesting blogs than participate in courses, classes or whatever 😉 Hope to find many quality and valuable info here.

Very cool way of coming under the radar. Kinda automatically makes you the expert without it looking like you’re “trying” to be an expert.Since most people who try end up failing miserably this really makes sense.

I really liked your presentation last week and this approach to giving a presentation is really intriguing to me. I think it helps the audience to connect with you better b/c you are sharing your experience on a personal level.

Andre

If i had to pick one, I’d rather be told step by step how to do it. The whole sharing experience thing is just a cop-out for people who don’t want to be held accountable for something that doesn’t work. Or they just don’t want to tell you how to do it for fear of competition or an idea being “stolen”. a combination of how-to and shared experience is best.

Your post made a lot of sense. I read somewhere today, that people don’t like to be sold to, but love to buy. So using your method would be a lot more useful than blatantly trying to shove our sales pitch down their throat. Personally, I hate going to stores where the sales people “bug” me. I much rather go to a big store and seek someone out if I need assistance. Thanks again for sharing!

I like this principle. A non demanding, non authoritative, approach for someone to “fill in the blanks” as it applies to their situation. I have always read you should never “tell” anyone anything. If you desire movement of some sort, you should ask and not tell. Gestault is even better. They can just associate without any pleas one way or another.